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elephantitus

elephantitus is the misconstruction of elephantiasis.

Meaning of elephantiasis

Noun

elephantiasis (usually uncountable, plural elephantiases)

  1. (usually) A complication of chronic filariasis, in which nematode worms block the lymphatic vessels, usually in the legs or scrotum, causing extreme enlargement of the infected area.
  2. (obsolete, usually) Synonym of leprosy.
    Synonyms:
    leprosy

Forms of elephantitus

alternative formelephantitis

Questions about elephantitus

What is elephantitus the misconstruction of?
Elephantitus is the misconstruction of elephantiasis.

Words near elephantitus in the dictionary

  1. elephantine tortoise
  2. elephantine tortoises
  3. elephantinely
  4. elephantish
  5. elephantitis
  6. elephantitus
  7. elephantless
  8. elephantlike
  9. elephantnose fish
  10. elephantnose fishes
  11. elephantoid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: elephantitus (page history and authors); elephantiasis (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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